Ecology Summary - Babylonia spirata

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Ecology of Babylonia spirata

Main Ref.	The Academy of Natural Sciences, 2006
Remarks	Found on mud, fine sand and shell substrates (Refs. 3204, 126558). Also found amongst seagrass bed during the evening low spring tide (Ref. 126558).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Babylonia spirata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); mud;
Substrate Ref.	The Academy of Natural Sciences, 2006
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Tan, S.K. and M.E.Y. Low, 2013

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	feeding on dead animals (scavenger)
Feeding habit Ref.	Raut, D., T. Ganesh, N.V.S.S. Murty and A.V. Raman, 2005

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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